CVE-2010-2945 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse program in the current working directory due to insecure default path configuration in SLiM.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-2945?
CVE-2010-2945 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Aug 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The default configuration of SLiM before 1.3.2 places ./ (dot slash) at the beginning of the default_path option, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in the current working directory, related to slim.conf and cfg.cpp.
Weakness: CWE-16
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2945?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Simone Rota Slim Simple Login Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2010-2945?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2010-2945 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2945 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2945, GHSA-62w8-6xpw-2cc6.